torsdag 13. mars 2014

Press Release Garden Festival at Dokka: 28-29th June 2014

Press Release Garden Festival at Dokka:28-29th June2014

Nordre Land HAGELAG repeat
last year's success and organize this year its third garden festival at Dokka .
There
will be a gardening market, interesting lectures, tasting of exotic food, a
rose auction and garden visits. We
want to spread the joy of gardening!

Saturday June 28The
main shopping road, Storgata in Dokka will be closed and filled with stands of
garden related products. The market runs from 1000 to 1500. Rare perennials, hardy grapes and roses will
be for sale as will a wide range of garden tools and lawn ornaments. Garden art
will also be available. Come and be inspired.

This year we will be visited by the project " Limitless vegetables and
herbs”, the Norwegian Gardening Club’s gift for the Queen's 75th birthday in
2013. You will be served tastes of exotic food, made ​​from vegetables it is
possible to grow in Norway.

This
year's garden festival will have extra focus on edible crops and we have therefore
asked local Bente Stadsvoll to hold a short lecture about how herbs in nature
and the garden inspire her to try new dishes. This will take place at the Bedehuset at 1100.

We
are also fortunate that we have managed to persuade designer duo Arne and
Carlos to come to Dokka. They have built up an inspiring and creative garden at
Tonsåsen station, at about 650 m. We will learn more about this at the
Bedehuset at 1230.

We will also have a rose auction, under the expert guidance of our rose expert
Dag at about 1400.

Free
activity for children, where they can create floral decorations with material supplied
by Floriss Dokka. The decoration can be taken home with them.

There
will once a again be a wild flower walk with Geir Høitomt fromSpåtind Sport Hotel at 17.

Sunday June 29Lecture by Gunn
Apeland at the Bedehuset from 1230 to 1330:"Economic and ecological resource use in the garden"

Lecture by Bjorg Karin Hagen at the Bedehuset from 1345 to 1415: "Plants
from the garden and the wild for food, health and wellbein »